Contenu du sommaire : Asie du sud-est - Australie.

The Method of Space Structuralization in Indonesia Landscape Creation and Emergence of an urban Network in the Province ofLampung, Sumatra. The pro¬ vince of Lampung, located in the far south of the island of Sumatra, has been radically transformed since the beginning of the century under the combined effect of a very conscious policy of agricultural colonization by the State, and by the influx of countless numbers of immigrants coming from Java. The region has experienced a growth that began with a simple spatial organization and that subsequently developed into a complex spatial organization, which today juxtaposes distinctly different social-economic systems. From a scattering of hundreds of villages newly created by the transmigration emerge the meshes of towns and cities that structure and vitalize the space, and become juxtaposed upon older commercial settings. If the role of the State seems predominant in the method of developing the region, the weight of population densities, historical customs and the desire for a «centralizing area» on a provincial level contribute just as much to shaping landscapes and the lines of force of the social-spatial organization.

Thirty Years of Urbanization under the New Order in Indonesia. Indonesia has recently experienced a fast urbanization process, which is closely related to the growth and diversification of its economy. This urbanization is physical. It also influences the rural world through temporary migrations of the populations to urban areas, and through the spreading of non-agricultural employment in the rural world. Today, this fast urbanization process is seen in Java, especially in the Jakarta metropolitan area. It deepens the gap between the capital region and the rest of the country. Even though the strong relationship between the urban and the rural areas curbs the physical urbanization, the cities are still confronted with problems of management and town planning .

The Recent and Spectacular Progression of Investments in Tourism Industry of the Great Barrier Reef region. Important investments in tourism industry appeared in the Great Barrier Reef region since the mid-1980s. In a short time those investments involved important transformations in an economic sector who was, here, always caracterised by traditional structures. The economic mechanisms begun more complex and more international ; but a large diversity of local impacts has been provoked by those transformations.

The Perennity of the Trading Activities in the Chinese and Indian District of Bangkok (Thailand). The initial heart of Bangkok trading activities is located throughout the Chinese and Indian district. An inherited family trade, an ethno-professional specialization and the setting up of a middle class enriched by business are at the very origin of the success of the Chinese and the Indian communities. This socio¬ economic area offers a diversity of consumer goods dealt or in small-scaled markets where shophouses and department stores are gathering along parallel main roads facing the needs of the Chinese-Thai society in the capital city.